Colonoscopic removal of a gallstone obstructing the sigmoid colon.
For the patient with a single gallstone obstructing the colon, this technique offers nonoperative relief of the obstruction, allowing definitive operative therapy to be accomplished at a later time on a more elective basis. The patient should be carefully observed during the interval for intervening recurrent gallstone ileus.
Roberts
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Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Chang
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Chapman
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Koontz
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy